Guide To The Successful Thesis And Dissertation: A Handbook For Students And Faculty, Fourth Edition - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824701690 ISBN 13: 9780824701697

Publisher: CRC, 1998

Synopsis

Thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent trends in thesis/dissertation (T/D) preparation and research, this Fourth Edition of a keystone resource maintains the same style of presentation that sent the previous editions into multiple printings and sold thousands of copies.

Directing students and faculty advisors alike through the procedural maze—from idea and proposal to conducting research, reporting, defending, and publishing the T/D, Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation, Fourth Edition defines the philosophical, theoretical, and practical bases of each step elucidates the roles of advisors and committee members to maximize effectiveness in consultation and minimize misunderstandings offers easy-to-use checklists, forms, and outlines to help structure the process and critique work identifies what faculty look for in quality T/Ds provides examples of major kinds of investigations and methods for conducting T/Ds gives helpful suggestions for foreign students and their advisors incorporates instructions on preparing the honors thesis presents lists of questions at the beginning of each chapter that indicate what the chapter covers and much more!

With an enlarged and up-to-date glossary of computer terminology and a comprehensive bibliography, Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation, Fourth Edition is the handbook of choice for advanced undergraduate, graduate, and professional students planning to write a thesis/dissertation, faculty members directing or advising thesis/dissertation students, higher education scholars, librarians at academic or research institutions, and information scientists.

About this title

About the Author

Namgi Park is a Professor at Kwangju National University of Education, Republic of Korea.

Review

"...recommended as the best available guide to successful thesis and dissertation work." -- Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin

"University librarians can use this thorough, commonsense guide to supplement the routine referral to the graduate school office ..." -- Wilson Library Bulletin

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824701690
• ISBN 13: 9780824701697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368